Template parameters

City or family name that coat of arms identifies and blazon describes. Use language templates like {{en}} or {{fr}} to mark language of the text. It is also possible to use {{Coa-desc}}.

empty

optional

element

Element

element

Element of a coat of arms. Files on Commons may contain single reusable elements which can be used to complete a CoA. This field is used to describe such an element.

empty

optional

blazon

Blazon

blazon

Blazon or literal description of the coat of arms. Use language templates like {{en}} or {{fr}} to mark language of the text.

empty

optional

references

References

references

Book, web site or other source of the blazon, the description of the coat of arms. Use language templates like {{en}} or {{fr}} to mark language of the text.

empty

optional

tincture

TincturecolorsColors

Tincture

Tincture or precise heraldic color specification. Up to twelve colors are allowed, which have to be separated by slashes /. The standard 12 colors are:

argent

argent-d

or

azure

celeste

carnation

cendrée

gules

purpure

sable

tawny

vert

You can use full names as written above or one-letter-abbreviations: a (argent), A (argent-d), o (or), b (azure), B (celeste), c (carnation), C (cendrée), g (gules), p (purpure), s (sable), t (tawny) and v (vert). See {{Tincture}} for more information.

Colors other than the above list have to be defined by their hexadecimal color value like #abc, or #2F4D5A. Unfortunately those values can not be defined by values separated by "/". The workaround is to call template {{Tincture}} and use "|" separators.
For example: "|tincture = {{ Tincture|gules|#00FF00|b }}" gives

gules

#00FF00

azure

empty

optional

tinctureB

TinctureB

Bajuvarian
tincture

Tincture to show the slightly different Bajuvarian colors, with the same notation as above. Example:

argent

argent-d

or

azure

celeste

carnation

cendrée

gules

purpure

sable

tawny

vert

This parameter is mutually exclusive with the above tincture.

empty

optional

description

Description

description

Additional description

empty

optional

date

Date

date

Date the first file was created. It may also provide the date of the original coat of arms design or approval, if this is known.

empty

optional

artist

ArtistauthorAuthor

artist

Name of the artist who drew the graphics, with a link if possible. Use [[User:Example|Example]] or [[User:Example|John Doe]] if applicable, and may also provide the name of the original designer of the coat of arms if this information is available. Many people also identify here the projects they are part of, like {{Projet Blasons}} or {{THV}}.

empty

required

imgen

Imgen

image
generation

Can be used for simple decriptions about the generation of that image. See Image generation below.
Can also be used like other fields to pass the more complicated {{Igen|+|....}}.

see {{Information}}'s permission field. In most cases this is a new drawing of Coat of Arms and it only needs license from the artist who drew the graphics.

empty

optional

other versions

other_versionsOther versionsOther_versions

other versions

other versions of the file. You should use <gallery></gallery> brackets or {{Derivative versions}}
Or use {{#tag:gallery|image}}

empty

optional

other fields

other_fieldsOther fieldsOther_fields

other fields

use it for e.g. {{ Igen | + | s = -COAInformation }} , with all the many other parameters;
instead of other fields={{Igen.. it can as well be written imgen={{Igen...
See {{Image generation}} for more information about its parametrizings.

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1 or useTemplateData=only on the /doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext or the template as described in various Wikipediae.

[[COM:IT|Infobox template]] customized for [[:en:Coat of Arms|Coats of Arms]]

Template parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Status

artist

artistArtistauthorAuthor

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

required

blazon

blazonBlazon

Blazon or literal description of the coat of arms

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

blazon of

blazon ofblazon_ofBlazon ofblazon_of

City or family name that coat of arms identifies and blazon describes

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

date

dateDate

Date the first file was created. It may also provide the date of the original coat of arms design or approval, if this is known.

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

Unknown

optional

description

descriptionDescription

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

element

elementElement

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

image<br>generation

imgenImgen

Can be used for <u>simple</u> decriptions about the generation of that image. See [[#Image generation|Image generation]] below.<br> Can also be used like <tt>other fields</tt> to pass the more complicated <code>{{Igen|+|....}}</code>.

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

Unknown

optional

other fields

other fieldsother_fieldsOther fieldsOther_fields

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

other versions

other versionsother_versionsOther versionsOther_versions

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

permission

permissionPermission

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

references

referencesReferences

Book, web site or other source of the blazon

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

source

sourceSource

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

required

Tincture

tinctureTincturecolorsColors

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

Bajuvarian<br>tincture

tinctureBTinctureB

Default

empty

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

String

optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Most fields use translations of {{artwork}}, "Coat of arms of", "Blazon", "Reference" and "Tincture" are translated at {{I18n/COA}}

Image generation

Every vector or raster graphic should be provided by a statement about its development. This can be done with the template Igen as a value of other fields, or in a very short form with an argument for imgen. This argument can be

one value: the W3C error count, 0 for valid Inkscape SVG or any other number for invalid Inkscape SVG

two values separated by a slash: the first and the second parameter for template Image generation, e.g.

A/0for valid Adobe (I/0 or /12 can be written simply as one value 0 or 12)